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April 10, 2025 | Press Release | Rricha deCant

U.S. House Passes Budget that Enriches the Wealthy by Slashing Medicaid & SNAP

With this measure, Congressional leaders are attempting to fund tax breaks for the rich and corporations and drive up the deficit through massive Medicaid cuts of $880 billion and SNAP cuts of $230 billion. The proposal would also slash other public benefit programs that people…

February 10, 2023 | News Clip | Juliana Zhou

Ericson: Red tape stands in the way of fighting poverty

Juliana Zhou: “Once you start to get into the reasons why people aren’t able to access these benefits, oftentimes, it’s not because they’re ineligible. It’s because they can’t find the information they need (...)"

August 30, 2022 | News Clip | Indivar Dutta-Gupta

Indivar Dutta-Gupta on C-SPAN Discussing Inflation Reduction Act

Indivar Dutta-Gupta appeared on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal, where he discussed the Biden administration’s economic policies, their impact on Americans with low incomes, and what additional policies are needed to support them.

May 5, 2022 | News Clip

Why success couldn’t save the child tax credit expansion

This article quotes a CLASP report about CTC survey results.

May 5, 2022 | News Clip | Parker Gilkesson Davis

Looking for fraud in all the wrong places

In this op-ed, Parker Gilkesson addresses the misperceptions surrounding fraud in SNAP and other public benefits programs. She draws on the testimony she offered to a Congressional committee on this topic.

April 20, 2022 | Blog Post | Ashley Burnside

Congress Must Make Critical Investments in Home and Community-Based Services

People with disabilities are critical members of our communities. But our healthcare system does not make this easy to do for people who need supports in completing daily activities. This kind of support can be provided through home and community-based services.

March 31, 2022 | News Clip | Parker Gilkesson Davis

A messy patchwork of state systems is causing massive improper Medicaid payment rates

By Emma Loop  (Excerpt) “We had to input the wrong information to get the right output. So everything you’re capturing is incorrect,” Gilkesson, who now works as a senior policy analyst at the Center for Law and Social Policy, told the Washington Examiner. “And that’s all…

March 21, 2022 | Press Release

Board of Trustees of the Center for Law and Social Policy Taps Indivar Dutta-Gupta as Executive Director

The Board of Trustees of the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) announces that it has chosen Indivar “Indi” Dutta-Gupta as its next executive director.

March 11, 2022 | News Clip | Parker Gilkesson Davis

Life & Work with Parker Gilkesson

This article profiles Parker Gilkesson on her life and journey to working in policy.

February 22, 2022 | Press Release | Olivia Golden

The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) Receives Historic Donation

Release announcing an historic donation from philanthropist, MacKenzie Scott.

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